徐行

Chinese

		slow; gentle; surname	to go; to do; capable to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behaviour; conduct; a row; profession; professional
simp. and trad. (徐行)		徐	行

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xúxíng

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ceoi⁴ hang⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xúxíng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syúsíng
  - Wade–Giles: hsü²-hsing²
  - Yale: syú-syíng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyushyng
  - Palladius: сюйсин (sjujsin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy³⁵ ɕiŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ceoi⁴ hang⁴
  - Yale: chèuih hàhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey⁴ hang⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: cêu⁴ heng⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵy̯²¹ hɐŋ²¹/

Middle Chinese: zjo haeng

Rime
Character	徐	行
Reading #	1/1	2/4
Initial (聲)	邪 (17)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)	庚 (109)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	II
Fanqie	似魚切	戸庚切
Baxter	zjo	haeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/zɨʌ/	/ɦˠæŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ziɔ/	/ɦᵚaŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ziɔ/	/ɣaŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/zɨə̆/	/ɦaɨjŋ/
Li Rong	/ziɔ/	/ɣɐŋ/
Wang Li	/zĭo/	/ɣɐŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/zi̯wo/	/ɣɐŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xú	héng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ceoi⁴	hang⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*sə.la Cə.[ɡ]ˤraŋ/

(Zhengzhang): /*lja ɡraːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	徐	行
Reading #	1/1	2/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xú	xíng
Middle Chinese	‹ zjo ›	‹ hæng ›
Old Chinese	/*sə.la/	/*Cə.[ɡ]ˁraŋ/
English	walk slowly	walk (v.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	徐	行
Reading #	1/1	3/4
No.	15782	13867
Phonetic component	余	行
Rime group	魚	陽
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	徐	行
Old Chinese	/*lja/	/*ɡraːŋ/

Verb

徐行

to walk slowly, to stroll
- 那師父緩促銀驄，孫大聖停雲慢步，豬悟能磨擔徐行。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  那师父缓促银骢，孙大圣停云慢步，猪悟能磨担徐行。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  From: Wu Cheng'en, Journey to the West, 16^th century CE
  Nà shīfu huǎncù yíncōng, Sūn Dàshèng tíng yún mànbù, Zhū Wùnéng módàn xúxíng. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

徐步 (xúbù)

Antonyms

步趨／步趋 (bùqū)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
徐	行
じょ Grade: S	こう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) じょこー [jòkóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞ko̞ː]

Noun

徐(じょ)行(こう) • (jokō)

slow walking
(of vehicles) slow moving

Antonyms

疾行(しっこう) (shikkō, “fast walking”)

Verb

徐(じょ)行(こう)する • (jokō suru) intransitive suru (stem 徐(じょ)行(こう)し (jokō shi), past 徐(じょ)行(こう)した (jokō shita))

walk slowly
move slowly

Conjugation

Conjugation of "徐行する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	徐行し	じょこうし	jokō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	徐行し	じょこうし	jokō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	徐行する	じょこうする	jokō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	徐行する	じょこうする	jokō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	徐行すれ	じょこうすれ	jokō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	徐行せよ¹ 徐行しろ²	じょこうせよ¹ じょこうしろ²	jokō seyo¹ jokō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	徐行される	じょこうされる	jokō sareru
Causative	徐行させる徐行さす	じょこうさせるじょこうさす	jokō saseru jokō sasu
Potential	徐行できる	じょこうできる	jokō dekiru
Volitional	徐行しよう	じょこうしよう	jokō shiyō
Negative	徐行しない	じょこうしない	jokō shinai
Negative continuative	徐行せず	じょこうせず	jokō sezu
Formal	徐行します	じょこうします	jokō shimasu
Perfective	徐行した	じょこうした	jokō shita
Conjunctive	徐行して	じょこうして	jokō shite
Hypothetical conditional	徐行すれば	じょこうすれば	jokō sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“徐行”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
徐	行

Noun

徐行 • (seohaeng) (hangeul 서행)

hanja form^? of 서행 (“(of vehicles) slow moving”)